News Broadcasting
Nominations announced for Intl Emmies
MUMBAI: Nominations for the 34th International
Emmy Awards were announced by The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Iatas) at a press conference at the ongoing television trade event Mipcom in Cannes, France.
There are 36 nominees in nine categories. Winners
will be announced on 20 November, 2006 at the Hilton New York Hotel. The 2006 nominations span over nine countries with a record of five nominations for Brazil and Germany.
China, France, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom are nominated for the Best Performance by An Actor and Best Performance by An Actress categories. There were three rounds of judging over a period of six months, with participation
from over 500 judges in 35 countries.
Iatas president Bruce Paisner says, “We are proud of the diversity and the geographic range of our nominees. They come from nine different countries, with multiple nominees from Asia, Europe and
South America. Once again the ‘best’ will set a new high standard of excellence for the worldwide television community.”
In addition to the presentation of the International Emmy Awards for programming, the Academy will present two special awards. The International
Emmy Founders Award will be presented to Steven Spielberg for his career in television. The International Emmy Directorate Award will be presented to CME and Ronald S. Lauder for pioneering the development of independent television broadcasting in Central and Eastern Europe.
TThe Academy also announced the nominees for the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) Award co-presented yearly with UNICEF. ICDB was launched in 1994 to encourage broadcasters worldwide to create awareness for
children’s issues. The six nominees are from: Bangladesh, Colombia, Gambia, Moldova, Spain and Syria.
This year’s sponsors are Phoenix TV, Sun Media Investment, Accenture, Microsoft, NBC Universal, Ascent Media, Savvis, Reed Midem, Sofitel Hotels and Variety. The 2006 semi-Final judging hosts include Indiantelevision.com, Al Jazeera Channel; Antenna TV, Berliner Film Companie and South
Pacific Pictures.
The 2006 International EmmyAwards Nominees are
Arts Programming
1. I Am Dali: Secrets of a Genius
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Japan
2. John Peel’s Record Box
Initial
United Kingdom
3. Knowledge is the Beginning
A production of EuroArts Music international in
co-production with ZDF/ARTE
Germany
4. Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music
BBC Bristol
United Kingdom
Best Performance By An Actress
1. Lucy Cohu – The Queen’s Sister
A Touchpaper Production for Channel 4
United Kingdom
2. Maryam Hassouni – Offers
VARA Broadcasting Organisation
The Netherlands
3. Heike Makatsch – Against All Odds (Margarete Steiff)
A co-production of Südwestrundfunk (SWR)
/Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)/Bayerischer
Rundfunk (BR)/ARTE/RAI Bozen/Film-Line
Productions/Epo-Film Production/Mediafonds 2
GmbH & Co.KG/World Sales Beta Film GmbH
Germany
4. Imelda Staunton – My Family and Other Animals
BBC Drama & WGBH
United Kingdom
Best Performance By An Actor
1. Bernard Farcy – De Gaulle
GMT Productions with the participation of France
2, Arte France with the support of Région Ilede-
France, with the participation of Centre
National de la Cinématographie, INA – Institut
National de l’Audiovisuel
France
2. Bernard Hill – A Very Social Secretary
A Mentorn Production for Channel 4
United Kingdom
3. Shen Lin – Feng Qi’s Confession
Beijing Rosat Film & TV Production Co. Ltd./CTV
– China Television Media Ltd.
PR China
4. Ray Winstone – Vincent
Granada Drama and Comedy
United Kingdom
Children and Young People
1. Boys Will Be Boys
Monster Film for NRK
Norway
2. Elias – The Little Rescue Boat
Filmkameratene AS
Norway
3. Johnny and the Bomb
Childsplay Television
United Kingdom
4. Sugar Rush
A Shine Production for Channel 4
United Kingdom
Comedy
1. Little Britain
BBC Comedy
United Kingdom
2. Paare
Sony Pictures Film und Fernseh Produktions
GmbH
Germany
3. The Amateurs
Globo TV
Brazil
4. The I.T. Crowd
A Talkback Thames Production for Channel 4
United Kingdom
Drama Series
1. Life on Mars
Kudos Film & TV Ltd.
United Kingdom
2. Little Missy
Globo TV
Brazil
3. Mandrake
Conspiração Filmes Entretenimento/HBO Ole
Originals
Brazil
4. Vincent
Granada Drama and Comedy
United Kingdom
Documentary
1. 9/11 The Falling Man
A Darlow Smithson Production
United Kingdom
2. Hiroshima
A BBC/TFI/ZDF/Discovery Channel coproduction
in association with the Tokyo
Broadcasting System Inc. with thanks to the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
United Kingdom
3. How Putin Came To Power
Wilton Films/Quark Productions/ARTE France
France
4. The Search for Happiness
Filmquadrat GmbH/ Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Germany
Non-Scripted Entertainment
1. Big Brother Brazil 6
TV Globo/Endemol
Brazil
2. Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
An Optomen Television Production for Channel 4
United Kingdom
3. Supernanny
Ricochet
United Kingdom
4. The Strict School of the Fifties
ZDF German Television
Germany
TV Movie /Mini-Series
1. Filhos do Carnaval
HBO Ole Originals/O2 Filmes
Brazil
2. Nuit Noire, October 17, 1961
Cipango
France
3. The Crown Princess
Produced by AB Svensk Filmindustri in coproduction
with Sveriges Television – SVT Fiktion
for SVT, in co-operation with YLE, TV2 AS and
DR-TV, with support by Nordisk Film & TV Fond
and the Media Plus Programme of the European
Community
Sweden
4. The Virgin Queen
A BBC/Power Co-Production
United Kingdom
News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI: Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
